How do I delete downloads from the cloud?

OK - I'm interrested in uploading to the cloud, not downloading from the cloud. I downloaded some purchased songs, but there seems to be no way to delet them from my phone. No swiping, or deleting from itunes, or new playlist formed. Anyone have any help on this?

Since iOS 5 is still i Beta (as is iCloud for that matter) No-one can answer this. If you've downloaded stuff to your existing phone, I imagine you'll have to plug it in and go into iTunes then deselect the song(s) you don't want on your phone any more.

You CAN'T delete them in itunes - that's the problem. i sync by playlist, and they are a subset of "purchased" they can't be deleted individually or in a group unless (perhaps) I delete them entirely from itunes, which would be throwing $75 away.

Not true. You could always delete movies and tv shows directly on the phone. And you can delete anything on your idisk by merely swipiing the item. And you can't delete these songs from the phone in itunes. if I could, i wouldn't be writing.

Same here. Downloaded an album from the cloud to my iPad. No way to delete. I deselected all songs/playlists/artists/albums etc. in iTunes and synced. Everything was wiped except the cloud download songs. I have to believe this is a beta bug that will be corrected in time.

If you sync by selected playlists, remove the song from the playlist. That does not remove it from your music library. The "Purchased" playlist is just a smart playlist showing the songs in your music library that you purchased (as opposed to ripping from a CD or downloading from the internet).

Playlists shown in the "Music" pane for your phone in iTunes are not a subset of "Purchased", just because they are listed underneath Purchased.

Yes, that's all true. But there's more going on here than playlist management. I was finally able to get the album off the iPad but it wasn't what you would call an "intuitive" fix. First I tried to completely trash the songs from my iTune library (I backed them up on the desktop). It just sucked them back in from the iPad on the next sync. I deleted them again from iTunes and this time deselected the Sync Music box in the iPad music pane... I got the alert about wiping all the music off the device... "good'" I thought as I hit "Apply".

I seemed like it would work until I opened iPod on the pad and... there they were: the songs that wouldn't die. BUT, at least this time they were listed in the "Manually Load/Remove" window in the iPad music pane. I manually removed them, hit "apply", and voila... no more downloaded Cloud songs.

As with all things beta it was an adventure. I'm sure it will get easier in time.

Thank you for taking the time, but I know all this. I suggest you download a song from the cloud onto your iphone and then attempt to delete it via one of these methods and see if you can do so. Currently there is no method to manage these songs except to add them. They cannot be deleted.

Neither do I. But until you actually try and download something from the cloud onto your phone and then try and delete it by any method you think will work you aren't contributing to a solution - just restatinmg what we already know. The purchase is NOT transfered to iTunes - it's already in iTunes. That's how it got into the cloud in the first place.

Eboy, you're right. For whatever reason itunes isn't recognizing the cloud downloaded material. Probably because the files were in iTunes to begin with and an import wasn't triggered. Since iTunes doesn't see it, it's not giving you the option of getting rid of it. You've never been able to delete music directly from an iOS device... video, yes. But audio has always been managed through iTunes.

I had success by deleting of the problem files from my iTunes library (back them up somewhere but get them out of iTunes entirely). Now sync your device and let iTunes import the files. Hopefully iTunes will now associate the imported songs with your device. I was able to delete them from the "Manually Add/Remove" window at the bottom of the iOS' music pane.

Apple's iTunes page is offering an iTunes 10.3 beta that may address this but right now it still seems to be dishing out iTunes 10.2.2.

WestCentral, I SO AGREE!!! It was the most annoying thing in the world, I turn on the app store, go for some updates and low and behold, every app I got rid of is right there waiting to be downloaded again. I deleted them for a reason and DO NOT want them any more, Its a great feature but please, can we clear our purchase histories?

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